Manufacturing Project Manager

DAVRON CV: Candidate 3825412

SENIOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEER & PROJECT MANAGER | CAPITAL DELIVERY, RELIABILITY & MATERIAL-HANDLING

Core Expertise

• Capital-project leadership from business case through commissioning, startup, and operational handover.
• Material-handling and process equipment integration including conveyors, powder handling, tanks, and utilities.
• Asset reliability and mechanical integrity programs driving RCA, FMEA, TPM, and sustainment.
• Cross-functional stakeholder alignment across operations, maintenance, OEMs, and executive leadership.
• Cost, schedule, and risk management for concurrent projects up to multi‑tens of millions.

Project Background

• Shared leadership of a major capital program, managing scope, budgets, schedules, and execution controls.
• Directed multimillion-dollar furnace, tank, material-flow, and equipment modernization projects from concept through startup.
• Rebuilt at-risk conversion project baselines to restore schedule, cost control, and startup readiness.
• Coordinated field installation, commissioning, and startup while protecting high-value manufacturing output during upgrades.
• Led constructability, operability, and maintainability reviews to optimize equipment interfaces and safety.

Key Skills

• Capital project delivery | Scope, cost, schedule, change control, procurement, contractor coordination
• Material handling & process equipment | Conveyors, powder handling, tanks, storage, VFD applications
• Reliability & continuous improvement | RCA, FMEA, TPM, asset strategies, preventive/predictive maintenance
• Controls & automation | HMI/SCADA, Ignition, Allen‑Bradley/Rockwell, instrumentation
• Software & documentation | AutoCAD | SAP | Microsoft Project | Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Stakeholder leadership | Cross‑functional alignment, executive communication, decision facilitation, EHS/MOC

Education

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering; Minor in HVAC — Rochester Institute of Technology
• Reliability and mechanical integrity coursework — Koch Industries Reliability College

Awards & Recognition

• Best Project Award — recognized for leading a major capital program from concept through startup
• OSHA 30‑Hour and 10‑Hour certifications

Why Interview this Candidate?

They combine 15+ years of hands-on manufacturing engineering with proven cradle-to-grave capital-program leadership and reliability improvements. Delivered measurable results including record ramp rates, recovered production value, and protection of high-value output during critical upgrades. Strong at translating technical requirements into executable scopes, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and driving projects through commissioning and startup to operational readiness.